Local Humanitarian Leadership
Oxfam’s Local Humanitarian Leadership initiative promotes effective and accountable local and national leadership at the front lines of emergencies. We are helping build a movement to shift power, knowledge, and resources from international actors to local humanitarian leaders around the world to create a more fair, effective, and sustainable system.
People living in vulnerable countries and communities not only deserve to receive aid in emergencies but also to lead effective humanitarian programs themselves. By building on local capacity and creating space and support for local leadership, we aim to transform the global humanitarian system. To do so, we will need to challenge and transform ourselves—to redefine and deepen Oxfam partnerships, and learn to support local leaders more effectively.
